1983-P Jefferson Stiff Collar Strike Off-Center

Very nifty, congrats!

@Centinal No problem! Almost all of my major error coins came from a coin shop in Dallas, TX. They had a source for error coins that may not have been entirely 'above board.'

They bought hundreds of coins from a seller that may have worked for a Money Management company that wrapped coins for distribution to banks or had some other direct tie to mint issued unsearched new coins. The error coins should have been returned to the mint when found to be cancelled and recycled, but these coins were 'removed' the system by this individual.

The owner of the shop would put many of these errors aside for me so that I got the first chance at buying them.

@Petespockets55 These 'reed' type marks are visible on the edge starting at K-10 to K-1, then there's a small smooth area with reed type marks starting again at K-2 to K-5. These marks are all near the reverse side of the coin. At K-6 the marks start again, but near the obverse side this time. They then continue from K-6 to K-9 while moving towards the center of the edge with another smooth area at K-9 to K-10.

I've never seen an edge with marks like this. Strange, but interesting!

a very cool error coin Yoko, thanks for posting up the edge images.

Yoko,
Did you ever check the diameter on this coin?

@Petespockets55

Well, NO! I missed your request.

Just a sec... *gets out electronic calipers... looks for the coin* Okay.

It's 21.58mm from K-9 to K-3 and 21.37mm K-12 to K-6. There isn't an area that's solid smooth-to-smooth when measuring directly across from one edge to the other, but the marks are really shallow. They can be seen, and felt, all the way around the edge covering about 85% of the space.

I used the calipers to measure the rise in the rim too, measuring both at K-3 and K-9. The coin is 1.84mm thick where the rims are missing from the obverse and reverse at K-9. I also measured at K-3 and the highest point there on the obverse rim has a rise of 2.37mm with the coin resting on a flat surface.

I hope you can understand my numbers, but JUST in case, I broke out the Photoshop Crayola box and went to work. Sorry It's only 2 colors, but Gunnar, our new kitty, seems to have hidden the other 14.

very interesting. Thanks Mike!!

Thanks, Yokozuna, Gunnar, and Mike.
(Now to try and remember Mike's info.)

I didn't see Mikes reply until I started down a rabbit hole with an internet search about foreign coinage by the us mint.

FWIW- The results said Panama was the last foreign country the US mint produced coins and that happened in 1983. But when I checked the pdf of foreign coin production on my pc, 1980 was the last year for any foreign coin production.
So, I guess AI isn't so intelligent. So there AI. ...

For grins and yucks, what is the weight?